No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism. Robert Mueller More Quotes by Robert Mueller More Quotes From Robert Mueller There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be. Even that is merging into one category: those that have been hacked and will be again. Robert Mueller categories type two In the future, the cyber threat will equal or even eclipse the terrorist threat. Robert Mueller cyber threat eclipse We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques. Robert Mueller wire judging order I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find. Robert Mueller agents world thinking So without getting into the specifics, I can tell you that to the extent that investigation is a relatively important investigation and meaningful, the president would have been periodically briefed. Robert Mueller important president meaningful I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war. Robert Mueller women land war All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where you have partial facts, analysts, agents are always trying to interpret what those facts mean, extrapolate from them what they mean. Robert Mueller agents always-trying mean Leaking of classified material is a concern. Robert Mueller concern materials So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants. Robert Mueller warrants purpose But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States. Robert Mueller law years thinking I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean. Robert Mueller differences mean facts In the last 10 years, in narcotics task forces, in a number of violent crime task forces, we've worked very closely together with state and local law enforcement. Robert Mueller law numbers years And so every one of us in the FBI, I don't care if it's a file clerk someplace or an agent there or a computer specialist, understands that our main mission is to protect the public from another September 11, another terrorist attack. Robert Mueller agents september-11 clerks People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies. Robert Mueller wall agency people What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas. Robert Mueller agency numbers america There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make. Robert Mueller analysis opinion differences In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single out one person? There were so many acts of heroism that day from so many people, whether it be firemen and police officers in New York and our agents also. Robert Mueller police new-york people And from the moment that we realized it was a terrorist attack, there isn't an agent or a support person in the FBI that wasn't committed to bringing to justice those who were responsible for this. Robert Mueller agents support justice I didn't know the organization, but the one thing you can say about the FBI, it's tremendously professional. Robert Mueller fbi organization knows I was in my office when - on 9/11. I think I had a number of meetings scheduled. I was just getting to know the bureau. And somebody walked in and said the first plane had - or a plane had struck the World Trade Center, one of the towers. Robert Mueller office numbers thinking
